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Since the weather was so nice last month, I took the kids outside to do a fun alphabet tracing activity. We gathered up their giant foam alphabet puzzle minus the letters and took them outside. I gave them sidewalk chalk placed in chalk holders and a bowl or water.

Both my toddler and my preschooler had a blast doing this tracing activity. They dipped their chalk in water and then traced inside the alphabet cutout. Adding water to the chalk made it more fun for them and it also makes the chalk show up darker. It’s also fun because when you write with wet chalk, you can hardly see it. However, when it dries it appears like magic. Of course Baby Girl had more fun just soaking her chalk in the water and swirling it around! My son loved choosing which letter to do next. When he was done tracing his letters, he colored each of them in. This outdoor activity kept them busy for an hour and a half!

Cleanup time was tons of fun for them too!!! We did it assembly line style. My little guy sat in the shower and rinsed each alphabet puzzle piece off as I handed it to him. Then he gave it back to me, I dried it off, and then gave it to Baby Sister to put in a laundry basket. Surprisingly, they didn’t grow bored of this and continued until all the pieces were clean & dry!

Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.

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